Wittgenstein (by Derek Jarman)

Info On The Film:

Wittgenstein is a 1993 film by the English director Derek Jarman. It is loosely based on the life story as well as the philosophical thinking of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. The adult Wittgenstein is played by Karl Johnson.
The original screenplay was by the literary critic Terry Eagleton. Jarman heavily rewrote the script during pre-production and shooting, radically altering the style and structure, although retaining much of Eagleton's dialogue. The story is not played out in a traditional setting, but rather against a black backdrop within which the actors and key props are placed, as if in a theatre setting.

Principal cast

• Clancy Chassay (young Wittgenstein)
• Karl Johnson (adult Wittgenstein)
• Nabil Shaban (Martian)
• Michael Gough (Bertrand Russell)
• Tilda Swinton (Lady Ottoline Morrell)
• John Quentin (Maynard Keynes)
• Kevin Collins (Johnny)
• Lynn Seymour (Lydia Lopokova)

Script

• Eagleton, Terry (1993). Wittgenstein: The Terry Eagleton Script, The Derek Jarman Film. London, England: British Film Institute, pp. 151. ISBN 0-851-70397-6; ISBN 978-0-85170-396-8

Award

• Teddy Award for best feature film, 1993

See also

• List of avant-garde films of the 1990s

Extracts Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittgenstein_(film)

Esté um retrato invulgar e pleno de humor de um dos mais influentes filósofos do século XX: Ludwig Wittgenstein.A intenção de Derek Jarman é inequívoca: explorar as chaves ideológicas da filosofia e da vida de Wittgenstein, para além do génio. O filme recupera, com ironia, todo o percurso da vida do filósofo e da sua família, expoente máximo da burguesia austríaca. Retrata ainda toda a luta de Wittgenstein contra a alienação pessoal. O filósofo serviu como voluntário na I Guerra Mundial, foi professor na Áustria rural e operário na União Soviética. Regressa a Cambridge em 1951, onde morrerá vítima de cancro. As últimas palavras de Wittgenstein indiciam o tom irónico com que sempre encarou a sua existência: “Digam a todos que tive uma vida maravilhosa”…

Fonte: http://www.midas-filmes.pt/dvd/catalogo/dvd/wittgenstein

More Info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108583/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jarman

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